Kleppe v. New Mexico

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United States Supreme Court case federal court case

Kleppe v. New Mexico is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed broad federal authority over public lands and wildlife under the Constitution’s Property Clause.

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Label	Occurrences
Kleppe v. New Mexico canonical	4

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ federal court case ⓘ
arguedDate	1976-03-01 ⓘ
citation	426 U.S. 529 ⓘ 49 L. Ed. 2d 34 ⓘ 96 S. Ct. 2285 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	William O. Douglas ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Property Clause ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1976-06-17 ⓘ
docketNumber	74-1484 ⓘ
holding	United States public land law ⓘ surface form: Congress has complete power over public lands under the Property Clause Congress may regulate and protect wildlife living on federal lands ⓘ federal power over public lands is superior to conflicting state laws ⓘ United States public land law ⓘ surface form: the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act is a valid exercise of Congress’s Property Clause power
joinedByInMajority	Byron R. White ⓘ Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageOfProceeding	English ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 ⓘ federal authority over public lands ⓘ federal authority over wildlife on public lands ⓘ scope of federal power under the Property Clause ⓘ
lowerCourt	United States District Court for the District of New Mexico ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
petitioner	Thomas S. Kleppe, Secretary of the Interior ⓘ
relatedStatute	Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (Property Clause) Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 ⓘ
respondent	New Mexico ⓘ surface form: State of New Mexico
result	judgment of the lower court reversed ⓘ
significance	landmark case on the breadth of federal authority over public lands ⓘ often cited for the proposition that Congress’s power over federal lands is plenary ⓘ
subjectMatter	management of wild free-roaming horses and burros on federal lands ⓘ
topic	environmental law ⓘ federalism ⓘ public lands law ⓘ wildlife management ⓘ
yearDecided	1976 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Property Clause → citedIn → Kleppe v. New Mexico ⓘ

Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → citedInCase → Kleppe v. New Mexico ⓘ

Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution → usedInCase → Kleppe v. New Mexico ⓘ

Camfield v. United States → relatedCase → Kleppe v. New Mexico ⓘ